USPTO Patents Application 10785526

In re application of: Richard E. Rowe

Application No. : 10/785,526

Filed: February 23, 2004

Title: GAMING TERMINAL DATA
REPOSITORY AND INFORMATION
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Attorney Docket No.: IGT1P042C1/
P-392 DIV CON

Examiner: Not yet assigned

Group: 3713

CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
I hereby certify that this correspondence is being deposited with the U.S.
Postal Service with sufficient postage as first-class mail on September 12,
2005 in an envelope addressed to the Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box
1450 Alexandrja^VA 22313-1450. ^ /}

/ A^hereyce R. Brown

INFORMA TION DISCLOSURE STA TEMENT WITH STA TEMENT
UNDER 37 CFR $81.56 AND 1.97

Mail Stop Amendment
Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Dear Sir:

The references listed in the attached PTO Form 1449 copies of which are enclosed, may
be material to the examination of the above-identified patent application. These references were
cited in a corresponding EP application. A copy of the EP Search Report, which was dated
August 26, 2005, is enclosed herewith as well. These references are submitted in compliance
with the applicant's duty of disclosure pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 1 .56 and 1 .97. Accordingly, the
Examiner is requested to make these citations official record in this application.

This Information Disclosure Statement is not to be construed as a representation that a
search has been made, that additional information material to the examination of this application
does not exist, or that this reference indeed constitutes prior art.

This Information Disclosure Statement is: (i) filed within three (3) months of the filing
date of the above-referenced application, (ii) believed to be filed before the mailing date of a first
Office Action on the merits, or (iii) believed to be filed before the mailing of a first Office
Action after the filing of a Request for Continued Examination under §1.114. Accordingly, it is
believed that no fees are due in connection with the filing of this Information Disclosure

Statement. However, if it is determined that any fees are due, the Commissioner is hereby
authorized to charge such fees to Deposit Account 500388 (Order No. IGT1P042C1).

Accompanying this Information Disclosure Statement is

1^1 a statement as specified in 37 CFR 1.97(e); or

I | the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1 . 1 7(p).

The undersigned hereby states:

/*\ that each item of information contained in the Information Disclosure Statement was

first cited in a communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application no
more than three months prior to the filing of the Information Disclosure Statement; or

| | that no item of information contained in the Information Disclosure Statement was

cited in a communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application, and to
the knowledge of the person signing the certification after making reasonable inquiry, no item of
information contained in the Information Disclosure Statement was known to any individual
designated in § 1 .56(c) more than three months prior to the filing of the Information Disclosure
Statement.

Statement Under 37 CFR § 1.704(d)
Each item of information contained in the Information Disclosure Statement was cited in
a communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart application; this communication
was not received by any individual designated in § 1 .56(c) more than thirty days prior to the
filing of the Information Disclosure Statement.

Respectfully submitted,
BEYER WEAVER ^THOMAS, LLP

P.O. Box 70250
Oakland, CA 94612-0250
(510) 663-1100

Registration No. 48,615

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SEP i 5 ?ons

Form 1449 (Modified)^ A

Information Disclosure
Statement By Applicant

(Use Several Sheets if Necessary)

Atty Docket No. Application No. :
IGT1P042C1/P-392 DIV 10/785,526
CON

Applicant:
Rowe

Filing Date Group
February 23, 2004 3713

U.S. Patent Documents

Examiner
Initial

No.

Patent No.

Date

Patentee

Class

Sub-
class

Filing
Date

Al

5,944,608

8/31/1999

Reed et al.

6/25/1996

A2

5,923,306

7/13/1999

Smith et al.

6/7/1995

Foreign Patent or Published Foreign Patent Application

Examiner
Initial

No.

Document
No.

Publication
Date

Country or
Patent Office

Class

Sub-
class

Translation

Yes

No

Bl

EP 0962900

8/12/1999

EPO

G07F

17/32

X

Other Documents

Examiner
Initial

No.

Author, Title, Date, Place (e.g. Journal) of Publication

CI

Copy of EP Search Report dated August 26, 2005 for corresponding EP
application number 01983154.4 (4 pages)

Examiner

Date Considered

Examiner: Initial citation considered. Draw line through citation if not in conformance and
not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.

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